Bootstrapping is a self-starting process that entrepreneurs use to fund and grow their startups or businesses using their resources or the company's operating revenue. Rather than relying on external ...

Since I started writing the weekly Mind Your Business column for The Chronicle in the spring, I've gotten a lot of questions from readers about how to obtain resources to create a startup. Often they ...

Starting a company without outside capital, commonly known as "bootstrapping," is a strategy many startups adopt for reasons other than simple necessity. There are several long-term advantages you can ...

Starting and growing an enterprise software company can be exhilarating yet fraught with crucial decisions. One such decision in the early days is determining the source of funding that will propel ...

Despite the fact that Democrats and Republicans see themselves as having competing views about America, the theme of bootstrapping, or lifting oneself up the social and economic ladder through ...

[Editor’s note: With the economic downturn drying up venture capital in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, more early-stage companies will be forced to bootstrap their way to profitability. But what does ...

The majority of startups are founded without capital injection from venture capitalists or angel investors. The real numbers are eye-opening: Venture capitalists (VCs) fund only 0.05 percent of ...

Silicon Valley headlines often report on the size of venture capital raised by a startup -- the bigger the funding, the bigger the story. But this is a poor way to understand the startup community.